OBITUARIES: Donald Anthony Mercier, Rice Lake, Barron Co., WI **************************************************************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Kent Robarge 10 December 2007 **************************************************************************************************************************** Obituary of Donald Mercier in Nov. 18, 1998 Rice Lake Chronotype (Rice Lake, Barron Co., WI) Donald Mercier Donald Anthony Mercier, 76, of Eau Claire died Nov. 10 at Luther Hospital Memorial services were Saturday at the Lenmark-Gomsrud Funeral Home in Eau Claire, with interment in Rest Haven Gardens Cemetery in The Town of Washington. Mr. Mercier was born Feb. 1, 1922 in Rice Lake to Fred and Laura (Amans) Mercier. He served 6 months in the Civilian Conservation Corps and 38 months in the Army. He was a member of the 44th Tank Battalion and served in the South Pacific Theater during WW II. On Feb. 13, 1947 he married Dorothy Koch in Rice Lake. He earned a bachelor of business administration degree from the UW-Madison in 1950 and retired in February of 1985 from Pope and Talbot Paper Mill. He worked for the company 31 years and was operations controller there for 15 years. He was active in community affairs and served on boards for Junior Achievement, American Red Cross, Public Affairs Council of Eau Claire County; American Association of Retired Persons, Chapter 4340; the 44th Tank Battalion Assn.; and the 12th Armored Division Assn. He was the first certified director of duplicate bridge in the Eau Claire area and promoted the game in the Chippewa Valley area for many years. He wrote letters to editors and government officials to promote better government, was an avid cross-country skier and had been active in promoting and preserving the history of his military units. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; a son, Gary of Balsam Lake; a daughter, Diane Mercier of Reno, Nev.; a granddaughter; a brother, Stanley of Rice Lake; and two sisters, Lu Davis of St. Paul, Minn., and Lorraine Hammer of Madison.